Fix Down WordPress on DigitalOcean
Budget: $30 – $250 USD
My WordPress site hosted on DigitalOcean suddenly went offline right after I altered some server-level settings, and I need it brought back up as quickly as possible. The front-end shows no content at all—just a blank, unreachable site—so I suspect the issue sits somewhere between the droplet’s web server configuration and the WordPress stack.
Here’s what you’ll walk into:
• Status: the site is down, full stop.
• Context: I recently made server changes (package updates and minor Nginx tweaks). No code or theme edits were performed.
• Environment: Ubuntu droplet, Nginx, PHP-FPM, MySQL, with WordPress running on a single site installation.
I’m looking for you to:
1. SSH in, trace the exact failure point (logs, Nginx, PHP-FPM, database, DNS—wherever it is hiding).
2. Repair or roll back the faulty configuration so the site loads normally again.
3. Verify SSL, permalinks, and any critical services still operate.
4. Give me a short rundown of what went wrong so I don’t repeat it.
If you’ve rescued WordPress installs on DigitalOcean before and know your way around Nginx, database sanity checks, and server hardening basics, you’ll feel right at home. I’m ready to hand over root access the moment we agree on the approach and time window.
Here’s what you’ll walk into:
• Status: the site is down, full stop.
• Context: I recently made server changes (package updates and minor Nginx tweaks). No code or theme edits were performed.
• Environment: Ubuntu droplet, Nginx, PHP-FPM, MySQL, with WordPress running on a single site installation.
I’m looking for you to:
1. SSH in, trace the exact failure point (logs, Nginx, PHP-FPM, database, DNS—wherever it is hiding).
2. Repair or roll back the faulty configuration so the site loads normally again.
3. Verify SSL, permalinks, and any critical services still operate.
4. Give me a short rundown of what went wrong so I don’t repeat it.
If you’ve rescued WordPress installs on DigitalOcean before and know your way around Nginx, database sanity checks, and server hardening basics, you’ll feel right at home. I’m ready to hand over root access the moment we agree on the approach and time window.